Tarrant County DA appeals ruling that overturned Crystal Mason’s illegal voting conviction
The Tarrant County District Attorney’s office is asking an appellate court to reverse a ruling that overturned Crystal Mason’s illegal voting conviction.
The Texas Second Court of Appeals on March 28 found Mason’s 2018 conviction should be overturned because she didn’t have “actual knowledge” that she couldn’t vote while on federal supervised release in a tax fraud case.
Mason was convicted of illegal voting in a March 2018 trial in a Tarrant County district court. That verdict should be affirmed, the district attorneys office said in a Thursday news release.
Tommy Buser-Clancy, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Texas and one of Mason’s attorneys, called the appeal “disappointing” in a Thursday statement.
“It is disappointing that the state has chosen to request further review of Crystal Mason’s case, but we are confident that justice will ultimately prevail,” Buser-Clancy said. “The court of appeals’ decision was well reasoned and correct. It is time for to give Ms. Mason peace with her family.”
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